Re: Panel Schedule
I find hash marks to be essential. Particularly when indicating something like 3/4"c, 3#12 & #12 gnd isnt clear enough. 3#12 could be 2 hots, 1 neutral and a gnd, or it could be 3 hots and a ground. The hash marks clarify this with either 2 short and one long dash or 3 short dashes respectively. This ensures proper color coding is pulled in. When contractors are required to provide MC cable assemblies they need this info for correct purchasing.
I also add a dashed long to indicate the ground, or 2 dashed longs indicating ground and isolated ground.
PP-1/3/5 would indicate a 3 phase circuit having a hash mark containing 3 shorts and 1 long if the neutral is required.
PP-1,3,5 would indicate 3 single phase circuits when applied with a hash mark containg 3 shorts and one long, with dashed long for the ground, characteristic of a shared neutral. In this instance if 3 separate circuits were required, 3 sets of 1 short with 1 long dash would be indicated.
[ March 04, 2005, 02:33 PM: Message edited by: marketman ]